The Swedish International Liberal Center ( sv, Svenskt Internationellt Liberalt Center), known as SILC is a political foundation in Sweden. SILC was established in late 1980s by the Liberal People's Party. SILC strengthens and supports activists in totalitarian states and supports them in their struggle to topple dictators and establish democratic societies. SILC currently works in Eastern Europe, North Africa and Latin America. SILC has its own publishing house, ''Silc förlag'', which publishes two books a year on democracy activism in challenging environments. SILC takes a visible part in the Swedish debate on development aid and foreign policy. Headquartered in

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

, SILC currently has a staff of ten, of which four are working from the programme office in

Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb ...

, Lithuania. SILC's annual turnover is approximately €2 million (2016). SILC is the founding member of Lifeline Embattled CSO Assistance Fund, created in June 2011 to push back against a global trend of closing civil society space.Lifeline Embattled CSO Assistance Fund
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